One of the founding fathers of the grunge movement, Mark Lanegan, releases his first solo album in more than seven years, “Blues Funeral”, on 6th February, via 4AD. It features guest appearances from long-time friends and collaborators, Greg Dulli and Josh Homme, among others.
Lanegan was the front man for Screaming Trees, a band which, while widely regarding as innovators of the Seattle grunge sound, failed to measure up to the commercial success of contemporaries such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden. The band had released five albums by the time they tasted commercial success in 1992 with “Sweet Oblivion” and the accompanying ‘Nearly Lost You’ single. They recorded their last album, “Dust”, in 1996, and finally split in 1999.
Lanegan also was an on-off member of Queens Of The Stone Age between 2000 and 2005, featuring on the albums “Rated R”, “Songs For The Deaf” and “Lullabies To Paralyze”, and touring with the band, while also pursuing a solo career and a number of acclaimed collaborations, including with former Belle & Sebastian vocalist Isobel Campbell and two albums with Greg Dulli under the guise of The Gutter Twins. He also recorded three albums with Dulli’s The Twilight Sisters and has worked with British electronic acts Soulsavers and UNKLE.
“Blues Funeral” is Lanegan’s seventh solo album and will be accompanied by a European tour.
The tour dates are as follows:
February
28th – GRONINGEN, NL – Oosterpoort
29th – AMSTERDAM, NL – Paradiso
March
1st – EINDHOVEN, NL – Effenaar
2nd – ANTWERP, BE – Trix
4th – BRISTOL, UK – Academy
5th – MANCHESTER, UK – Academy 2
7th – DUBLIN, IE – Academy
8th – BELFAST, NI – Mandela Hall
9th – GLASGOW, UK – ABC
10th – LEEDS, UK – Cockpit
12th – BIRMINGHAM, UK – Library
13th – LONDON, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire
14th – COLOGNE, DE – Gloria
15th – HAMBURG, DE – Gruenspan
17th – COPENHAGEN, DK – Amager Bio
18th – BERLIN, DE – Columbia Club
19th – WARSAW, PL – Proxima
20th – PRAGUE, CZ – Lucerna Music Hall
22nd – VIENNA, AT – Arena
24th – BOLOGNA, IT – Estragon
25th – MILAN, IT – Alcatraz
27th – BILBAO, ES – Kafé Antzokia
28th – SANTIAGO, ES – Sala Capitol
30th – PORTO, PT – Hard Club
31st – LISBON, PT – TMN ao Vivo
April
1st – MADRID, ES – Sala Kapital
2nd – BARCELONA, ES – Sala Bikini
Mark Lanegan – Official Website
